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Killing Antitrust Softly (Through Procedure) – Law and Political Economy
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 12, 2019

June 12, 2019

The Supreme Court has waged a multi-decade war on private rights of action. It has subverted the rights of consumers, workers, small businesses, and others to hold corporations accountable for wrongdoing through lawsuits. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) has been a preferred tool of the Court. Since the 1980s, it has reinvented this modest statute, converting the FAA into a quasi-constitutional sledgehammer for corporations to wield against private lawsuits, especially class actions. And the evisceration of private enforcement of law goes beyond arbitration. The Court has rewritten class certification, pleading, and summary judgment standards to help businesses ward off private lawsuits and accountability. https://lpeblog.org/2019/06/11/killing-antitrust-softly-through-procedure/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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NYTimes.com: Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant
by Alberto Cammozzo June 12, 2019

June 12, 2019

From The New York Times: Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant Should the police be able to investigate your genetic family tree for any crime, no matter how minor? <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/opinion/police-dna-warrant.html>

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IEEE Spectrum - Untold History of AI
by Stefano Zacchiroli June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/AI+history The history of AI is often told as the story of machines getting smarter over time. What’s lost is the human element in the narrative, how intelligent machines are designed, trained, and powered by human minds and bodies. In this six-part series, we explore that human history of AI—how innovators, thinkers, workers, and sometimes hucksters have created algorithms that can replicate human thought and behavior (or at least appear to). While it can be exciting to be swept up by the idea of superintelligent computers that have no need for human input, the true history of smart machines shows that our AI is only as good as we are. Niente di particolarmente profondo o nuovo, ma molti aneddoti carini scritti in modo spigliato e quindi piacevoli da leggere. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . zack(a)upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »

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Vodafone launches Artificial Intelligence framework
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019

https://www.vodafone.com/content/index/what/technology-blog/vodafone-launch… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Google Made $4.7 Billion From the News Industry in 2018, Study Says
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019

Google Made $4.7 Billion From the News Industry in 2018, Study Says https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/business/media/google-news-industry-anti… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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What if Facebook were owned by its users? — The Internet Health Report 2019
by Alberto Cammozzo June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019

<https://internethealthreport.org/2019/what-if-facebook-were-owned-by-its-us…>

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The Guardian view on digital injustice: when computers make things worse | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian
by antonio.vetro＠polito.it June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019

Editoriale del Guardian - segnalatomi da un collega architetto-. Ben ponderato, va dritto al nocciolo della questione senza estremismi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/10/the-guardian-view-on-… av == Sent from my wireless device ==

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Parents swap books for tech at bedtime, new BookTrust research discovers
by don Luca Peyron June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Not in my name.... Take care dl In a study carried out as part of BookTrust's new Pyjamarama campaign, 26% of British parents revealed that they now use technology such as home assistants, apps, Facetime or voice notes to give their children a story at night. And 65% of parents revealed that they give children time on phones, tablets, YouTube or television instead of enjoying a bedtime story together. https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/news/news-2019/parents-swap-… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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MonsterMatch, l'app di dating che svela tutto il marcio degli appuntamenti online
by don Luca Peyron June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Un videogame creato grazie al finanziamento di Mozilla fa luce sul funzionamento del filtraggio collaborativo: la tecnologia dietro Tinder&Co, così come le raccomandazioni di Amazon, Netflix, YouTube e Spotify. Interessante, buona lettura dl https://www.wired.com/story/monster-match-dating-app/ https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/social-network/2019/06/10/news/monster… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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120° Mercoledì di Nexa | 12 giugno 2019
by Nexa Media June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120> NEXA 120° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledì 12 giugno 2019, ore 18.00 - 20.00 Politecnico di Torino http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-120 Beyond smart cities. Co-design the commoning for a wise and smart urban ecosystem Speaker Vincenzo Maria Bruno Giorgino (Università degli Studi di Torino) This event will be webcast live: https://nexa.polito.it/nexa-hangout-on-air This transdisciplinary volume puts forward proposals for wiser, socially just and sustainable socio-economic systems in transition. There is growing support for the view that the end of capitalism is around the corner, but on which conceptual and ethical basis can we interpret these times? With investigations into feminist economics, post-growth environmentalism, socio-technical digital design, collaborative and commons economics, the editors create*a dialogue between radical knowledge/practices and contemplative social sciences to transgress disciplinary boundaries and implement new visions of reality*. This important book challenges our ways of thinking and outlines a pathway for new research. The multifaceted and elusive features of the emerging distributed ledger technologies for social good clearly address our tacit knowledge and our inner social skills (life skills). They are the fundamental pillars that, silently, almost inadvertently, take care of the delicate intertwining of internal and external interactions,*making the collective becoming sustainable and joyful*. The co-designing of a fair ecosystem needs to orient cognitive intelligence through practical wisdom. BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [GIORGINO] *Vincenzo Maria Bruno GIORGINO* is Aggregate Professor in the Department of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Turin, Italy. For the past 20 years he has been working towards the integration of social sciences and contemplative knowledge in action-research and higher education. His main research interests focus on: wise co-designing collaborative commons economies, grounded theory methodology, contemplative commons, health and well being. He is currently involved in two H2020 funded programs: Co-City (Urban Innovative Actions Program) <%20http://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/turin> and CO3 <https://www.projectco3.eu/>. *Letture consigliate e link utili:* * Giorgino V., McCown D. 2018 “Life skills for peer production: Dancing together in a space of “not-knowing” <http://bit.ly/2pSNrJV%C2%A0> Journal of Peer Production, issue #11 City. * Kabat-Zinn J. 2018 /Vivere momento per momento/, TEA. * Con Antonini et al. 2018 chapter 11 “First Life: From Maps to Social Networks and Back” in co-editor with Zack Walsh 2018 /Co-Designing the Economies of Becoming in the Great Transition. Contemplative social sciences in dialogue with radical approaches/, London, Palgrave MacMillan. * McCown D. 2011 /Teaching Mindfulness: A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Educators/, Springer Con Xabier Renteria Uriarte 2017 “Is The Practical Wisdom Literature Actually Wise On Its Ontological ‘Right To Speak’?” in Kupers W. and Gunnlaugson O. (eds.) /Wisdom Learning: Perspectives on Wising-Up Business and Management Education London/, Routledge. 140-159 pages. * Purser, R. E., Forbes, D, Burke, A. (Eds.) 2016 /Handbook of Mindfulness. Culture, Context, and Social Engagement/, Springer. * Giorgino V. 2015 “Contemplative Methods Meet Social Sciences: Back to Human Experience as It Is” /Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour/, Volume 45, Issue 4 December 2015 Pages 461–483. Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e “Nexa Lunch Seminar” <https://www.facebook.com/nexa.center/> <https://twitter.com/nexacenter> <https://www.youtube.com/user/NexaCenter> #smartcities <https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23smartcities> #nexawednesday <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nexawednesday&src=typd> #Commoning <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23commoning&src=typd> Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Responsabile Comunicazione Centro Nexa su Internet & Società: *Francesco Ruggiero*, tel: +39 011 090 7219, Mob: +39 349 1335082, francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it <mailto:francesco.ruggiero@polito.it>. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved>.

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